Overview - Disraeli Gears, Cream’s second album, is a great musical album and has strong vocal performances as well in just about every track on here. I will say that most of the record is more laid back and mellow but they’re are still some great energetic tracks on …

I Love You is a song by The Velvet Underground which appears on their recorded Loaded. Something to take note about this track is that it’s a demo so what you hear really isn’t a finalized version or anything, it was included on this record in demo form for …

The song Are You Up There has long been one that I’ve enjoyed and loved ever since I first heard it, which, being a big time fan of The Osmonds, has been a very long time. Written by the brothers themselves, Are You Up There asks a question …

Led Zeppelin exploded onto the scene with a unique blend of bluesy guitar and a powerhouse rhythm.Their self titled debut album is legendary in helping to create the genre known as Heavy Metal.Beyond influence it remains an important piece of music in popular culture.I have always loved this band …

Norah Jones’ Come Away With Me is a beautifully done CD with songs that are sung from the heart. Come Away With Me features all the great songs that I love by Norah Jones, such as Turn Me On, Come Away With Me (the title track), Shoot The Moon, …

Overview —“ Side I of Rubber Soul, The Beatles’ sixth studio album, definitely showcases quite a bit of development as songwriters, from both Lennon and McCartney, and well even Harrison I suppose. McCartney’s contributions to this side of the record seemed as if they’d be lighthearted at first, just …

Overview —“ The Formation of Damnation, the latest album released by Testament is the first new material released by the band since The Gathering, released nine years previous. This album also marks Alex Skolnick’s return to the band, one huge reason why the guitar riffs on this album are …

Next of Kin was a movie that starred Patrick Swayze, Liam Neeson, Bill Paxton, and Helen Hunt. Its soundtrack is full of variety with an interesting mix of vocal talent.
The theme song is an inviting one called Brother to Brother, sung by Gregg Allman and Lori Yates. …

Scars by papa roach is a song I absolutely love because it describes how much a person can care for another person so much they are willing to be hurt just to help this other person but there is just so much you can do for a person. This …

Overview —“ Together Through Life, Bob Dylan’s 33rd released studio album shows the man still has the drive to make music but it just isn’t as good as what it once was. Obviously I don’t expect Dylan to release another Highway 61 Revisited or Blonde On Blonde, although his …

Artist: Beyonce ft. Missy Elliott, MC Lyte, and Free
Video: “Fighting Temptation”
Album: “The Fighting Temptations”: Music from the Motion Picture
Label: Columbia
Director: Antti Jokinen
“Fighting Temptation” is a single and music video off of the official motion picture soundtrack for the 2003 film starring Beyonce Knowles and Cuba Gooding, Jr. called “The …

What I do remember in this song is the part where Git Fresh is sing Bam bam bam part and the ding ding ding ding part. It also uses the intro of the song Tom’s Dinner by Suzanne Vega, so it is easy to remember. It is a great …

While many think of pop music like Ricky Martin and Enrique Iglesias when they think of the Latin-tinged music that has become increasingly popular in the last five years, there are a few bands out there who can rock out at Ozzfest while also pounding on the conga drum. …

Old Flame is a song by Arcade Fire which appears on their self-titled EP record. Opening up with an instrumental intro which centers around a guitar’s rhythm, the vocals enter the mix with a delivery that sounds characteristic to the typical vocal sound Arcade Fire would later develop and …

Whiplash Smile is Billy Idol’s third solo album, and (at least until 2005’s highly disappointing Devil’s Playground) the final Idol album to feature both guitarist Steve Stevens and producer Keith Forsey. While not quite up to the level set by the preceding Rebel Yell (what is, really?), it’s still …

Wisconsin Death Trip is Static-X’s first album, it was released in 1999 on Warner Bros records and produced by Ulrich Wild and Static-X. The album is really a heavy album, they call it industrial, I guess you could call it that, the singles are Push It, I’m With Stupid, …

Ranch Records actually has three locations, one in Salem, one in Bend, and one in McMinville, but I have never been to the other two, so I will concentrate on the Salem, Oregon Ranch.
Ranch is my favorite record store in the whole world. I recently went to San Francisco …

As I Went Out One Morning is a song by Bob Dylan which appears on his album John Wesley Harding. The song opens up with a harmonica along with a bass which provides the main rhythm of the track. Dylan comes in with the song along with a drum …

The Bends is a song by Radiohead which appears on their second album of the same name. Opening up with a fairly heavy guitar riff, the song immediately starts out with a rhythm I enjoy and a full and healthy rock sound. Yorke can be heard singing a few …

One of my favorite Albums of all time is the epic Van Halen. This debut album is one of the great albums that influenced 80s metal and rock. The album was released in 1978 and has sold millions of worldwide. It feature the tight bass grooves by bassist Michael …

Overview —“ The Thing That Should Not Be is the third track on Metallica’s record Master Of Puppets and is quite a different track in sound compared to the first two: Battery and Master Of Puppets. Whereas Battery and Master Of Puppets were extremely fast songs, The Thing That …

As a long time fan of the Backstreet Boys, I was eagerly awaiting the release of their album —˜This is Us.’ I’ve loved almost all of their past albums, especially since Kevin Richardson departed the group, so I expected that I’d love this one as well! However, I was …

Native Belle is a song by Animal Collective and is the opening track of their fourth studio release, Here Comes The Indian. Returning the band to their more experimental sound that was present on their first and second releases, Native Belle has a sound which is incredibly different than …

I actually won Clay Walker: Live, Laugh, Love CD from a local radio station. I wasn’t even sure I knew who Walker was. Of course, I found out soon enough that he was a country music singer.
The first thing I noticed that the liner jacket is on …

Around The Fur is the Deftones second album, released in 1997, again produced by Terry Date. The band has stated the meaning of Around The Fur is something thats not bad, but not good around the fur. My Own Summer is one of the best songs ever, the song …

Staring At Sound/With You (Reprise) is a song by The Flaming Lips and either the penultimate or final track on the band’s debut album, Hear It Is. While most copies of this album will have this song as the final track, early copies feature a bonus track entitled Summertime …

Beer for my Horses was one of Toby Keith’s biggest hits which was accompanied by country music legend Willie Nelson. It is a great song and it makes us think about what we would really like to do today to those who don’t pay attention to the laws. It …

I have to admit that I have absolutely no idea what this song is really about. When I read the lyrics, I think about death. The blue moon reference, and “take me up in your arms” line makes me think that the lead singer is embracing …

“Only Ash Remains” is the 6th track off of Necrophagist’s sophomore album “Epitaph”. For those of you who don’t know is a Technical Death Metal from Germany. Let’s get to the meat and potatoes shall we.
“Only Ash Remains” begins with a melodic and highly technical bass solo while the …

Krs-One is a song by Sublime and the twentieth song on their first release, 40 Oz. To Freedom. Opening with an acoustic guitar pattern, Nowell comes in with the vocals of the track and sings with a tone that actually sounds significantly different than any of his other deliveries …

Architecture Of Aggression is a song by Megadeth which appears on their record Countdown To Extinction. The track starts off with some drum parts which sort of mimic a machine gun before Mustaine’s rhythm comes into the song along with his vocals. To be honest, his guitar tone sounds …

Overview - The Downward Spiral, the second album by Nine Inch Nails, is an extremely dark concept album written about the suicide of a man. Overall, this record is extremely angry and extremely dark, however, Reznor still has some more melodic songs to balance out with this aggression and …

Boa is my favorite Korean singer; I admire her since she was 16 years old (about 7 years ago?). She began her first debut at 13 and then tried to spread into Japanese songs too. Actually, her voice is average, but I think she has a high range and …

I really enjoyed listening to the new single from Tom Petty. I remember seeing Tom Petty steal the show from Bob Dylan when they toured together back in the 80s. Petty and his band made me sit up and take notice, while Bob Dylan, clad in red pedal pushers …

Taylor Guitars have been a highly respected and trusted guitar maker for the last four decades. Since 1974, Bob Taylor and company have been making quality, high-end guitars. That is still true today with the Taylor GS guitar line. As a long time acoustic guitar …

The, debut album by Jason Derulo in my own words are truly magnificent a very talented,energy pumping album with song’s that will surely make you jump up and dance anywhere with songs like “In My Head” and “Watcha Say” which provide lyrical meaning in the song’s story making him …

The song “The Sound of Silence” by Paul Simon and Art Garfunkel a.k.a Simon and Garfunkel (who was a musical duo who became popular in the mid 60’s)was created with a great deal of wisdom. It was like the composer/s was in a trance while writing this. …

Smoky Mountain Rain is a song where Ronnie Milsap is singing about a man who is headed for Los Angelis to pursue his dream when he changes his mind and heads back to the smoky mountains to his girl friend. Like many though she has decided to move on …

The Kenny Rogers: There You Go Again CD is labeled as enhanced and purports to offer some extras when listened to on your computer. One of the things I like about it is that when the home screen appears, instrumental music from the title track plays. When …

I realy love Aaliyah’s, smooth, sexy, sweet voice, to me she sounds like an angel and i tihnk this album is one of her best too.
The cd cover is of a beautiful picture of Aaliyah and a large pretty flower on the back. I must admit i came to …

White horse by Taylor Swift is a song that makes a lot of sense to me because it describes a lot of relationships now days. It makes even more sense to me because I know what it is like to live in a small town and fall in love …

Believe it or not, this was the first song I had ever heard from the band named Gorillaz and was instantly hooked it and them! I had first heard this song on a local radio station and was pretty shocked when I learned Gorillaz was a “cartoon band”
Feel Good …

I sat and listened to all of these tracks, all twelve of them. Almost fifty minutes of my life was put into this album just so I could write a review. I could have used these fifty minutes playing some Xbox 360 game, gaining achievement points. In these fifty …

Dreamend is a band I discovered quite recently. I had listened to them some before but never really got impressed. Once I listened to Sun in Aries I was completely astonished with what I heard. You can say it’s divided into two separate parts. The first one combines tender …

I’m like a lawyer the way I’m always trying to get you off (me and you) is a song by Fall out boy that I like listening to all the time because of how the lyrics are. The whole song is beautiful and confusing all at the same time. …

This is another of Chris Cornell’s solo albums but very different from anything he has ever done before. He worked with Timbaland on this, so already you’ll know it doesn’t sound like Soundgarden, Audioslave or even his other previous solo work.
I’m a huge Chris Cornell fan, so I …

Jedi Mind Tricks is a rap group that puts out underground rap music with legendary and original beats by one of the greatest East Coast DJ’s on the face of this planet. Stoupe THa Enemy of Mankind has perfected the art of sampling beats and melodies and always knows …

I have never been a huge fan of folk music. I never was particularly interested in it even though of course I’m a huge music fan, and I do not mind any genres by themselves. But it was very rare that my heart would be drawn by itself to …

Artist: SWV
Video: “Downtown”
Album: It’s About Time
Label: RCA Records
“Downtown” is the fourth single and music video off of SWV’s “It’s About Time” debut album, following “Right Here” (as well as “Right Here - Human Nature Mix”), “I’m So Into You”, and “Weak”. “Downtown” is filled with both sexual and sensual …